A review by tracycross007
Don't Turn Around by Michelle Gagnon

4.0


Fast review-Noa, 16 yo girl, hacker...like a young Lisbeth Salander (but towards the end of the book, she gets a little silly and teen agery) wakes up in a Warehouse with an IV and a curious mark on her chest. She escapes and the action begins as the people who had her in the warehouse are looking for her because she is a missing link. Next, we meet rich kid, Pete, who runs a hacker site called Alliance. Pete and Noa cross paths in the beginning and seemed forced to continually cross paths until they realize they need each other to find out about the scar on her, how she is a missing link and Pete's parents involvement as well.

I read this book in a a few days. Sometimes the tech talk got to be a bit much. Left a lot of loose threads-Pete's parents true involvement, Noa, Pete, Amanda? I finished the book thinking that I don't want this to be a trilogy because I can let this all go now and be happy. Anything after this would feel forced.

Good fast read and with Noa being a foster kid, the author gives us some insight into that as well as teen coping skills when it comes to losing someone close to them, something the reader rarely sees in these types of books. I liked it, it's over and that's the end.